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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning enable people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Educators want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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